Description
These Heart Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat perfect for any celebration. Made with a boxed cake mix and baked with a clever technique using marbles and foil to create a heart shape, these cupcakes are not only delicious but visually impressive. Top them off with your favorite frosting and sprinkles to add a personal touch.
Ingredients
Scale
Cake Ingredients
- 1 Boxed Cake Mix (any flavor)
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 cup water
Frosting and Decoration
- Frosting (any preferred flavor)
- Sprinkles
- Marbles (for shaping)
- Foil (small pieces to be folded)
Instructions
- Prepare the Cupcake Tin: Line the cupcake tin with cupcake liners, ensuring each cavity is well fitted with a liner.
- Place Marble: Place a marble in the center of the top of each cupcake liner. This will help create the heart shape during baking.
- Position Foil: Fold a small piece of foil to fit snugly on both sides of the cupcake liner around the marble to shape the batter as it bakes.
- Add Batter: Use a 1/4 measuring cup to add the cake batter into each cupcake liner over the marble and foil, filling appropriately.
- Bake: Bake the cupcakes in a preheated oven for 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool: Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 20-25 minutes to allow the heart shape to set.
- Remove Marbles and Foil: Once cooled, carefully remove the marbles and foil pieces; you should now have heart-shaped cupcakes.
- Frost and Decorate: Frost the cupcakes as desired. Suggested decorating ideas include mini rosettes made with a star tip piping bag, crisscross designs by angling the piping bag, outlining hearts, or simply adding sprinkles.
Notes
- For mini rosettes, hold your piping bag straight up and down and make small circles using a star tip.
- For a crisscross design, slightly angle the piping bag and create overlapping lines on the frosting.
- To make a heart outline, pipe around the edges of the cupcake and fill the center with small piped circles.
- Add any sprinkles to enhance the appearance and texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 0.5g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
